Liam Keen comment: This has to be the turning point in Wolves’ campaign

Heading into the Brighton fixture bottom of the table with one point from eight games and having just suffered a heartbreaking late loss to Manchester City, Wolves needed something to inspire a kick-start to their season.

This comeback at the Amex needs to be that moment, if Wolves are to have any success this year.

With two huge fixtures at home to Crystal Palace and Southampton next, any failure to take advantage of this draw could be disastrous to Wolves’ season.

And if this moment fails to galvanise this Wolves team, then nothing will.

Set up in a back five, Wolves started the game relatively well. They created a big early chance that Tommy Doyle should have done better with and were defending well.

Brighton started to pick up some momentum and pushed Wolves back, causing them to defend deep.

Wolves were not expansive or exciting, but they limited Brighton’s clear chances, until a major error offered them an opening goal.

Jose Sa kicked the ball out of his hands straight into Ferdi Kadioglu, who fed Georginio Rutter, who then slipped in Danny Welbeck to finish.

It was a poor mistake that was easily avoidable and all of Wolves’ good defensive work was undone.

Albeit Wolves were decent defensively, they did offer next to nothing going forward.

Matheus Cunha was anonymous, Rayan Ait-Nouri was too deep and Jorgen Strand Larsen was getting beaten in every battle.

As a result, it was no surprise to see Gary O’Neil make a switch at half-time and revert to the back four.

In the second half Wolves were reinvigorated by the change and began to dominate the ball.

Pablo Sarabia was picking up intelligent positions and creating space for others, Larsen made smart runs and Cunha was dangerous.

Joao Gomes also moved back to his natural position in central midfield and began to have an influence on proceedings.

But as Wolves pushed for an equaliser, they instead found themselves 2-0 down with another avoidable goal.

Wolves had just won the ball back when Carlos Forbs gave it away needlessly. Brighton broke and it was a clinical finish from Evan Ferguson.

Forbs was later substituted in the dying minutes of the game, having only come on at half-time, due to his errors in possession and inability to influence proceedings.

O’Neil’s side had gone from looking the team most likely to score, to being down and out.

Plenty of away fans were understandably heading for the exit and Wolves looked destined to lose.

But a Sarabia corner just three minutes later found Craig Dawson, who did well to keep the ball alive as it fell for Ait-Nouri to finish.

From down and out to a late lifeline, Wolves were back in the game as five minutes of added time were announced.

The supporters were fully behind the team as they piled players forward in search of an equaliser.

What followed will be one of the most bizarre and crucial moments in Wolves’ season.

The Seagulls found themselves four-v-one as they raced towards Wolves’ goal, with just Doyle to stop them.

It was a poor pass, but Doyle’s footballing intelligence, positioning and ability to sniff out the pass was remarkable.

From there the midfielder displayed his superb technical ability with a brilliant pass into Cunha.

A four-v-one against Wolves had become a five-v-four in their favour and the Brazilian ignored the plethora of options around him to take aim himself.

The deflection helped him, but it was a goal that Wolves’ second half deserved and the away supporters deserved that moment of pure bliss.

O’Neil recognised his error at half-time and rectified it accordingly and although Wolves have plenty to work on, including cutting out needless errors, they finally got what their performance deserved.

The heart shown from the players and the togetherness displayed with the travelling supporters should stand them in good stead.

Fans chanted O’Neil’s name at full-time and the head coach now has a platform to build from.

But it will all count for very little if Wolves do not take advantage of this turning point.

O’Neil will attempt to play down the importance of the upcoming Palace and Southampton games at Molineux and although defeats would not condemn Wolves to relegation, it would cement their place in the battle.

On top of that, O’Neil may struggle to hold on with two defeats in these next two fixtures.

However, this point will do plenty to encourage match-going supporters at Molineux for those games and if the game plan is right, Wolves are more then capable of picking up six points.

They will need to use the home support to their advantage, too.